This is a seedling of Montmorency. Anyone else have or seen seedling cherries?
This was the parent which is my ex’s tree. I grafted the original tree as well.
Grafted this Montmorency a few years ago and it’s starting to shape up. It’s blooms slightly overlap Northstar. Carmine Jewell is earlier blooming but is finishing up. The other stumps I grafted with sweet cherries last year, I have another group of 20 or so rootstocks to graft over that I won’t have time to do this year. [image]
There are lots of other threads on montmorency and all the good and bad things about. It’s one of the most popular sour cherries
Hi guys, first time poster but long time lurker. I really love this forum and all the info here, hoping someone can help me with my problem.
I’m suddenly having trouble with my 3-4 year old Montmorency cherry tree and after scouring the internet and this forum I’m no closer to solving the problem. I’m hoping someone more experienced can give me some feedback. Living in zone 4.
Basically only the leaves on the branch tips seem to be curling/distorting and some are showing a bit of light green/y…
3rd year for it. Looking in great shape. One cherry fruit this year. [image]
Montmorency is not the only cherry I grow. If you want to know how I process cherries you can learn more on this thread Carmine Jewell is living up to its famous reputation
It can be compared with another great cherry carmine Jewell here Carmine Jewell Cherry Yields increasing with age
These photos below are my carmine Jewell and you can see the difference is significant. Both are excellent even among the best sour cherries
This is Joel one of the meader cherries . Please let me know if you need other pictures of nanking, western sand cherries, or North star.
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My seedling Montmorency sour cherry tree.
Seedling north star
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I can tell its a seedling montmorency. Without an exception 50% or greater of every leaf on every seedling montmorency tree has the two tiny red balls at the base of every leaf almost like a mini photo of a cherry. Here is an enlarged photo. Rarely they are green instead of red.
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Very interesting a common ancestor. North star is used in the breeding program of the romance series cherries by the way. Like with pears the majority have Bartlett aka williams in their genetics.
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I have a volunteer seedling cherry coming up. I expect it is from my Black Eagle tree as it is downhill from it. I’m going to try to let it grow out for fun.
Peaches make tons of seedlings, I get a few plums, and no cherries until this one.
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Can’t wait to see what it turns out like for you.
Clark Does your Western sand cherry have purple leaves? Mine does and I’m curious if it will bear fruit? I read somewhere that not all varieties do.
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Is yours a Hansen? It needs a pollinators if so. The Hansen is a bitter cherry more of a plum actually.
Mine is an unknown variety. It hasn’t blossomed yet. This is it’s second spring. What polinates the Hansen? It appears the Hansen isn’t red leaved.
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Hope this year my montmorency on its own roots produces. Have a grafted one as well.
@Masbustelo
Any western sand cherry will pollinate it. Western sand cherries are bitter until processed.
Boizeau
February 13, 2022, 12:21am
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Pie Cherries do very well in Western Washington
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steveb4
February 13, 2022, 1:56am
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got 5 off of mine last summer. taste wise, i prefer them oner the romance series off the bush but ive heard the romance cherries shine in processing.
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